Kid's Songs You Like/Dislike

Mr. DS · March 13, 2010, 08:23:21 AM

What are your favorite kid songs whether it be from TV or other means. Heres some of my favs;

Mister Rogers was a great man. Its a travesty his show isn't on nowadays as much as it was when I was a kid. I really would have loved to have sat down and had a conversation with him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaPIFmE7lV0

The song at 1:30 literally gets me choked up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBt8keQTPb0

From modern times, I dig the Imagination Movers...sadly I couldn't find their disco song "Get Up" on YT...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypv51B8nc84

Mr. DS · March 13, 2010, 08:24:38 AM

Meanwhile in the "I HATE" department...I can't stand the Wonder Pets theme song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxlWvE2U0nw

HappyGilmore · March 13, 2010, 10:11:00 AM

I like the group Trout Fishing in America
"Proper Cup of Coffee' by Trout Fishing in America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD5WTXN5xdI

I'd say half their albums are for adults, but they put out quite a bit of kids albums, too.

lester1/2jr · March 13, 2010, 10:26:44 AM

Camptown Races is totally punk

the ghoul · March 13, 2010, 11:32:26 AM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on March 13, 2010, 10:26:44 AM
Camptown Races is totally punk

zombie no.one · March 13, 2010, 11:47:00 AM

Puff The Magic Dragon

I'm not a subscriber to the apparent marijuana subtext, I just think it's a really sad song.

the ghoul · March 13, 2010, 11:51:24 AM

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly is a favorite of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a13-JbxC98&feature=fvw

lester1/2jr · March 13, 2010, 11:54:16 AM

the ghoul- especially the turnaround or whatever "blah bah blah all NIGHT, something else all day.."

Joe the Destroyer · March 14, 2010, 07:12:56 PM

Sadly...

Like- None

Dislike- All of them

Yeah, I'm real stoked to have kids.

Silverlady · March 14, 2010, 07:54:36 PM

Quote from: DCA on March 13, 2010, 11:47:00 AM
Puff The Magic Dragon

I'm not a subscriber to the apparent marijuana subtext, I just think it's a really sad song.

I agree. The song always mad me sad, too.

violntshags · March 15, 2010, 03:52:05 PM

Quote from: Joe the Destroyer on March 14, 2010, 07:12:56 PM
Sadly...

Like- None

Dislike- All of them

Yeah, I'm real stoked to have kids.

Just wait till they start watching NickJr.this is what you'll be seinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDeh7kzXQrc

retrorussell · March 15, 2010, 11:35:34 PM

Like:
The Marvelous Toy
Some Peter, Paul & Mary
Dislike:
Anything Raffi or Barney

SPazzo · March 16, 2010, 03:37:41 PM

Quote from: The DarkSider on March 13, 2010, 08:23:21 AM
The song at 1:30 literally gets me choked up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBt8keQTPb0

Wow... I remember seeing an interview with that boy, later on in life. Rewatching that clip just now almost made me cry... (And I'm sitting in the middle of the public library no less.)

Anyway, I've always been fond of Billy the Squid by Tom Chapin. I had this casette tape and I would listen to it non-stop...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4r_6-MX-fY

Yes, I'm that cool.

AndyC · March 17, 2010, 08:41:53 AM

Having listened to a lot of children's music over the past few years, I'm surprised at how good some of it is.

Raffi, for instance. Five years ago, I would have laughed if anyone said I'd like Raffi, but he's a lot of fun. There's a cleverness to his songs, loads of variety in subjects and styles, and the musical arrangements are really good.

Bananaphone is catchy, it's funny, and I like the arrangement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvcyJ5fKuA

And Raffi's cover of Octopus' Garden, which builds up to a full-blown Dixieland rendition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V_jyGNaY5g&feature=related

I'd also like to add Sharon, Lois and Bram, but I can't find some of their best songs on YouTube. Among many other things I liked, they did a really upbeat klezmer version of Old King Cole that switched to Yiddish for the last part. I've listened to that even when the kid isn't around.

Also, Mandy Patinkin's album, Kidults, is amazing. Can't find anything from that on YouTube either, but he does a verson of A Tisket a Tasket that gets all "Dragnet" over the missing basket, and a medley from the Wizard of Oz in which he sings the parts of the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, the Lion and Dorothy in character. But the best is Patinkin's rendition of Singin' in the Bathtub. It's hilarious.

Hammock Rider · March 17, 2010, 08:44:12 AM

If it weren't for kids we'd never have Sponge Bob or Kylie Minogue "teaming up" with the Wiggles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEfM-MnTGc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ADjpeLg1w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDl2UWI7SUU